Wise Builders Roofing and Renovations is a licensed, bonded, and insured high-end remodeler serving Bayou La Batre, Alabama, the Seafood Capital of Alabama, and the south Mobile County coast.
From our Mobile location on Rangeline Road, we serve Bayou La Batre from 6215 Rangeline Rd #105, Theodore, AL 36582, about 14 miles and 20 to 25 minutes north by way of Bellingrath Road and Highway 188.
We design and build luxury kitchens, spa-grade bathrooms, seamless home additions, and whole-home renovations that look original to the house, not bolted on. In Bayou La Batre, that includes homes lifted on pilings after Katrina and older bayou houses on Wintzell Avenue, where the remodel starts with the flood elevation, not the tile.
Every project runs end to end through one dedicated project manager. One point of contact. One transparent fixed estimate. One clear timeline, with an update on every active work day.
You get a BBB-accredited team, a 100% satisfaction guarantee, and a 5.0 average across 160+ Google reviews. Call (251) 305-7282 for a free in-home design consultation anywhere in Bayou La Batre, Coden, Irvington, or the surrounding bayou communities.
★★★★★ 5.0 on Google · 160+ verified reviews · Free in-home consultation · Licensed, bonded & insured
Choosing a remodeler means handing a stranger the keys to the place your family lives. That is a big ask, and feeling cautious about it is the healthy response, not an overreaction.
Bayou La Batre is a working seafood and shipbuilding city of about 2,300 people, incorporated in 1955 and settled on a Spanish land grant in 1786. The census counted 2,558 residents in 2010, and the number has slipped since, so the people who stayed are here on purpose, with boats, businesses, and family within a few blocks.
Roughly 73 percent of the city's land sits in a FEMA floodplain, and most of the housing was built before 1989. That means Bayou La Batre homeowners have seen more contractors come and go than almost anyone in Mobile County. Storm crews arrive after every hurricane, and the good ones are hard to tell from the rest until the check clears.
Most contractors working the bayou are good, honest people who do good work. It only takes hearing about one project that went sideways, though, for the whole decision to start feeling heavy.
So we will say this plainly. The first conversation costs nothing, requires no deposit, and comes with no pressure. We drive down from our Rangeline Road office in Theodore, look at your home, listen, and give you a straight answer.
If your project is not the right fit for us, we will tell you that too, and point you toward someone better suited to it. You deserve a clear answer either way.
After four years of in-home consultations across Mobile County, including plenty of driveways off Wintzell Avenue, Padgett Switch Road, and Shell Belt Road, we hear the same handful of stories. Not from everyone, and not about everyone, but often enough that we built our whole process around them.
About one in five residents traces family to the Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian households that settled here after 1975, and 300-plus licensed vessels still call the bayou home. Many of those stories come from families who have shrimped, shucked, or welded the same water for three generations and want the house to finally match the work. The rest come from Bayou La Batre homeowners who rebuilt after Katrina, watched a contractor disappear before the punch list was done, and want to know how this time will be different.
We are sharing them here because naming the thing out loud usually takes some of its weight off. Here is what homeowners describe, and exactly how a Wise Builders project answers it.
| What Bayou La Batre Homeowners Have Told Us | How Wise Builders Handles It |
|---|---|
| A contractor collected a large deposit up front, then the visits got further and further apart | We collect a 50% deposit that is tied in writing to specific work and materials, and the balance follows written milestones you approve as the work is completed |
| Days passed with nobody on site and no explanation | Your dedicated project manager sends an update on every active work day, and you hold the schedule from day one |
| The final invoice looked nothing like the number they were quoted | Your fixed estimate is in writing before demolition, and any change becomes a written change order you approve first |
| Nobody could tell them who was actually in charge of the job | One named project manager, like Jim Brock or Graham Brock, owns your project from first drawing to final walkthrough |
| Small punch list items dragged on for months after the crew left | We complete a comprehensive final walkthrough and keep working until you sign off, backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee |
| They ended up chasing permits and inspections themselves | We pull permits through the City of Bayou La Batre building inspector at City Hall on South Wintzell Avenue, handle the FEMA flood-zone elevation paperwork, schedule every inspection, and build the review window into your timeline |
| A storm crew from out of state rebuilt half the street after Katrina and was gone before the trim went on | Our headquarters is 14 miles away at 6215 Rangeline Rd in Theodore, and the same team has worked the south Mobile County coast since 2022 |
| Their home was left dusty and hard to live in | Dust barriers, floor protection, and daily cleanup, with phased sequencing so your family stays home during the build |
None of that is complicated. It is a standard, kept consistently, on every job.
Wise Builders Roofing and Renovations was established in 2022 in Theodore for a simple reason. The remodeling itself was rarely the hard part for homeowners. The not knowing was.
So we built the company backward from that. Assign one person to own each job. Put the number in writing. Set the timeline before anyone swings a hammer. Then answer the phone.
We put the headquarters on Rangeline Road in Theodore on purpose. It sits at the top of Bellingrath Road and Dauphin Island Parkway, the two routes that carry you down to the bayou, so a project manager can be at your door in well under half an hour.
From our Mobile location on Rangeline Road, we serve Bayou La Batre from 6215 Rangeline Rd #105, Theodore, AL 36582, about 14 miles and roughly 20 to 25 minutes south by way of Bellingrath Road and Highway 188.
Four years in, that structure is still the whole business, and it is what 160+ Google reviewers keep describing in their own words.
Owner Cody stays hands-on with the company he built, and the project manager structure is what puts an accountable, named person on your job every active day.
You get the same dedicated project manager from the first drawing to the final walkthrough.
We assign a dedicated project manager to every job and send you an update on every active work day. Experienced managers like Jim Brock, Graham Brock, Nathan Ivy, John Hagan, and William Fields handle the scheduling, the trades, and the paperwork, so the answers come to you instead of you going after them.
Your estimate is a firm number, locked before demolition begins.
We provide a transparent, fixed estimate in writing. Project scope, materials, and schedule are all settled before the first wall comes down. You get one number to plan around, with no hidden fees and no add-ons appearing at the end. If the scope changes or the walls reveal something unforeseen, the price only moves through a written change order you approve before the work happens.
You know your start date, your milestones, and your finish date on day one.
We build a precise timeline that accounts for City of Bayou La Batre permitting and any flood-zone review from the start. Then we run a comprehensive final walkthrough and keep working until you are fully satisfied. You always know exactly what happened today and what is planned for tomorrow.
Trust in remodeling is earned with paperwork, not promises. Here is what stands behind the Wise Builders name in Bayou La Batre.
| Credential | What It Means for You |
|---|---|
| Licensed, Bonded & Insured GC (Alabama Lic. #28471) | Your project meets code and your liability is fully covered |
| BBB Accredited | Verified track record and formal complaint resolution |
| Atlas Pro Certified | Manufacturer-backed material and workmanship standards |
| FORTIFIED Roofing Contractor | Roof upgrades built to the IBHS standard your insurer discounts |
| VA SAH / SHA Contractor | Registered to complete VA accessibility grant work |
| Mobile County Headquarters | A physical address on Rangeline Road in Theodore, 14 miles from Bayou La Batre, not a truck that leaves after storm season |
| 5.0 Rating, 160+ Reviews | Real, verifiable proof across Google, Facebook, and Nextdoor |
| 100% Satisfaction Guarantee | We make it right before we call the job done |
"I highly recommend Wise Builders Roofing and Renovations for their extremely professional service from start to finish. If I could give six stars I would."
High-end is not a price tag. It is a level of planning, materials, and finish detail that builder-grade work skips.
In Bayou La Batre it also means building for salt spray off the Sound, year-round humidity, and a surge line that Katrina drew 12 to 14 feet up the walls of this town.
We are a full design-build general contractor. We draw the layout, source the finishes, pull the permits, coordinate every trade, and stand behind the finished work in writing.
Design intent carries straight through to construction because the same team owns both. Nothing gets lost in a handoff between a designer, a contractor, and a list of subs.
The gap between a high-end remodel and a builder-grade job is not square footage. It is what happens in the details you live with every day, and on the bayou, in what happens below the floor.
| Factor | Builder-Grade | Wise Builders High-End |
|---|---|---|
| Materials | Whatever is cheapest that week | Selected finishes and named brands you approve |
| Detailing | Standard trim and tile | Finish-carpentry-level trim, tile, and transitions |
| Planning | Decisions made on the fly | Layout, selections, and allowances settled before demo |
| Coastal build | Standard spec regardless of climate | Moisture-resistant materials, proper ventilation, stainless and coated fasteners, code-compliant framing for coastal Mobile County wind loads |
| Flood zone | Ignored until the inspector shows up | Base flood elevation, VE and AE zone rules, and substantial-improvement math confirmed before the estimate is written |
| Jobsite | Minimal protection | Dust barriers, floor protection, and daily cleanup |
| Proof | Few or no reviews | 5.0 rating across 160+ Google reviews |
Bayou La Batre's housing stock tells the story of the shoreline. A single stretch of Wintzell Avenue can hold a 1950s bayou house on a slab, a 1980s brick ranch on the higher ground toward Irvington, and a house lifted on pilings after Katrina. Each one asks for a different remodel.
| Bayou La Batre Home Type | Where You Find It | What the Remodel Usually Involves |
|---|---|---|
| Original bayou houses and shrimpers' cottages, 1940s to 1970s | South Wintzell Avenue near the docks and St. Margaret, Shell Belt Road, Little River Road, Padgett Switch Road, the streets between the bayou and Highway 188 | Kitchen and bath layouts opened up, electrical and plumbing brought to current code, rot and moisture repaired, original character kept, substantial-improvement rules managed |
| Inland ranches and subdivision homes, 1970s to 2000s | North Wintzell Avenue, Bayou La Batre-Irvington Highway, Dixon Corners near Anna Booth Elementary, Heritage, Gray's and Bay Oaks subdivisions, the Vanity Fair area | Builder-grade kitchens and baths replaced with custom cabinetry, quartz, tile showers, primary-suite additions, sunrooms, and better ventilation |
| Elevated rebuilds and post-Katrina homes, 2006 to today | Safe Harbor Estates, the Portersville Bay shoreline, canal and bayou-front lots, Bayou Coden, waterfront parcels toward Coden and the Mississippi Sound | Finish upgrades under the elevated footprint, enclosed-below-flood storage and stairs done to code, screened porches facing the water, accessibility lifts and elevators |
Your free consultation starts with which house you own, because a 1955 cottage on South Wintzell and a 2009 piling house near Portersville Bay do not get the same plan.
Our Bayou La Batre clients are not all chasing the same project, and that is the point. We scale to the home and the goal in front of us.
We also remodel occupied homes every week using phased sequencing, dust control, and clear work boundaries, so your family keeps living at home while the work moves forward.
"They made my old house into a beautiful home. I really appreciated the way they approached it, it is like they were working on their own home."
A remodeler should give you a plan before it gives you a price. Wise Builders starts every relationship with a free in-home design consultation, not a rushed quote over the phone.
From that visit you get a transparent, fixed estimate with clear scope, materials, and timelines. You know what you are paying for and when each phase happens before any demolition begins.
Financing options are available, so a kitchen, bath, or addition you have put off for years can start sooner without draining your savings all at once.
Six steps take you from the first conversation to the day you get your house back. Your project manager owns every one of them.
We measure the space, listen to how you actually use it, and assess the existing structure, including pilings, floor framing, and any enclosed space below the flood line, before we talk numbers.
You receive scope, materials, and schedule in writing, with a firm number and no hidden add-ons.
We guide cabinetry, counters, tile, and fixtures to fit your budget, your house, and the salt air and humidity that blow up the bayou from the Sound.
Bayou La Batre is an incorporated city that issues its own building permits. We submit your application to the City of Bayou La Batre building inspector at City Hall, 13785 South Wintzell Avenue, Bayou La Batre, AL 36509, phone (251) 824-2171, plan around the city's review, and lock in your start date.
About 73 percent of the city's land is inside a FEMA floodplain, with VE zones along the Sound and the bayou and AE zones behind them. We pull your panel and base flood elevation, and if the project counts as a substantial improvement under the city's flood ordinance, we design to that elevation before the estimate is written.
Homes outside the city limits in Coden, Irvington, and along Highway 188 are permitted through Mobile County Inspection Services at 1110 Schillinger Road N., Suite 100, Mobile, AL 36608, phone (251) 574-3507, and we handle that too.
Your project manager coordinates every trade, schedules each city inspection in sequence, and updates you on every active work day.
We walk the finished project with you and keep going until you are satisfied, guaranteed.
Every home is different, but local ranges help you plan. The figures below reflect typical Mobile County project costs, and your in-home estimate refines them to your exact scope and finish level.
| Project | Typical Bayou La Batre, AL Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen remodel (full range) | $15,000 to $135,000 |
| Kitchen remodel (minor) | $15,000 to $25,000 |
| Kitchen remodel (mid-range) | $16,000 to $30,000 |
| Kitchen remodel (major) | $42,000 to $62,000 |
| Kitchen remodel (luxury, full custom) | $62,000 to $135,000 |
| Bathroom remodel (full range) | $6,800 to $62,000 |
| Bathroom remodel (minor) | $6,800 to $12,200 |
| Bathroom remodel (mid-range) | $16,000 to $32,000 |
| Bathroom remodel (major) | $42,000 to $62,000 |
| Home addition (Alabama) | $34,000 to $170,000 |
"Great people, great work and great experience. Great communication by William Fields. Work was done on schedule and exactly as stated. I will use these guys again!"
Kitchen remodeling is the redesign and rebuild of your kitchen's layout, cabinetry, surfaces, and systems. It is the highest-impact remodel most Bayou La Batre homeowners can make, both for daily life and for resale.
The typical Bayou La Batre home now sells around $213,000, and waterfront places run well past that, so a kitchen done right is money you get back.
In the Seafood Capital of Alabama, a kitchen also has to work on shrimp-boil Saturdays, oyster-shucking evenings, and the Sunday after the Blessing of the Fleet, so we plan for a deep sink, durable counters, a big range, and ventilation that can keep up with a real harvest.
Wise Builders handles the full kitchen: layout changes, custom cabinetry, countertops, flooring, lighting, and the plumbing and electrical behind the walls. A large kitchen remodel in Bayou La Batre typically runs 4 to 8 weeks on site.
We sequence the work so you regain a functioning kitchen as fast as the scope allows, and we protect the rest of your home while we do it.
Kitchen budgets in Bayou La Batre span a wide range because scope does. A builder-grade kitchen in a 1980s ranch off the Irvington highway and a full custom kitchen in an elevated house on Portersville Bay sit at opposite ends of this table. Use the tiers below to place your project, then let your in-home estimate set the exact number.
| Kitchen Scope | Investment Range | What It Usually Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Minor | $15,000 to $25,000 | Cabinet refacing or stock cabinetry, new counters, sink, fixtures, and paint in the existing layout |
| Mid-range | $16,000 to $30,000 | Semi-custom cabinetry, quartz counters, new flooring, lighting, and appliance updates |
| Major | $42,000 to $62,000 | Layout changes, custom cabinetry, island work, plumbing and electrical relocation, full finish package |
| Luxury, full custom | $62,000 to $135,000 | Structural changes, waterfall island, slab backsplash, panel-ready appliances, scullery, designer lighting |
The most-requested high-end kitchen features have moved well past a coat of paint. These are the upgrades driving Bayou La Batre kitchen remodels right now.
A farmhouse sink is a deep, exposed-front basin that anchors the workspace and reads instantly custom. We set apron-front sinks in fireclay, stainless, and composite granite to match the counter and cabinet package, and on the bayou the deep basin earns its keep every time a cooler of shrimp comes through the door.
Waterfall islands carry the countertop material vertically down the sides for a continuous, architectural look. Paired with a full-height slab backsplash in quartz or marble, the result is a continuous, grout-free surface that also shrugs off salt-air humidity.
Panel-ready refrigerators and dishwashers disappear behind cabinet fronts for a built-in, uninterrupted look. We pair them with custom cabinetry, soft-close hardware, deep drawers, and a wall-mounted pot filler over the range, which gets more use in a Bayou La Batre kitchen than almost anywhere else we work.
A scullery or butler's pantry hides prep, small appliances, and cleanup in a secondary space so the main kitchen stays clean and open. In elevated bayou homes with a view of the water, it is the fastest way to keep the working side of the kitchen out of sight of the porch.
"We have worked with many contractors and this is the first company where work went smooth and there was no issues with the workmanship. Repaired everything the way it should be, no cutting corners."
Bathroom remodeling is the renovation of a bathroom's fixtures, surfaces, plumbing, and layout, from a refresh to a full spa-grade primary suite. It is often the fastest remodel to deliver a daily payoff.
Wise Builders addresses the waterproofing and ventilation that Bayou La Batre's humidity and salt air demand, not just the tile you see. In a home that sits a few hundred feet from the bayou or the Sound, that means stainless or coated fasteners, sealed penetrations, and an exhaust fan sized for the room.
A full bathroom renovation in Bayou La Batre typically takes 3 to 6 weeks depending on scope. We build for both luxury and longevity, so a beautiful bathroom still performs a decade from now, a stone's throw from the water.
Bathrooms range from a focused refresh to a full primary suite rebuild. Here is how Bayou La Batre budgets typically break down.
| Bathroom Scope | Investment Range | What It Usually Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Minor | $6,800 to $12,200 | New vanity, toilet, fixtures, tile floor, lighting, and paint in the existing footprint |
| Mid-range | $16,000 to $32,000 | Tub-to-shower conversion, tiled shower, new vanity and counters, upgraded ventilation and waterproofing |
| Major | $42,000 to $62,000 | Layout changes, curbless walk-in shower or wet room, freestanding tub, double vanity, heated floors, smart fixtures |
Today's Bayou La Batre bathroom remodels are quietly becoming small spas. These are the features homeowners ask us for most.
A curbless, zero-entry shower removes the threshold for a continuous tile floor and easy accessibility. It relies on precise subfloor slope and drainage, which is exactly where a licensed builder earns the job. It is also the single most requested feature from Bayou La Batre's retirees and from families planning to age in place in an elevated home.
A wet room places the shower and a freestanding soaking tub in one waterproofed zone, often under natural light. The freestanding tub becomes the design anchor of the room.
Smart toilets from brands like TOTO and Kohler add heated seats, self-cleaning nozzles, and integrated bidet functions. Paired with radiant heated floors, the most-requested luxury bath upgrade, the room feels high-end every morning.
Double vanities in white oak or walnut, mixed brass and matte-black fixtures, and large-format porcelain slabs define the current high-end bathroom. We detail every transition so nothing reads builder-grade.
"Wise Builders recently renovated our bathroom (floor, walls, ceiling, trim, vanity, vent, outlets) and did a fantastic job! Not one time did I have to ask them to go back and fix something that was not right. They were also very helpful in finding the best solution when we encountered some unforeseen issues."
A home addition adds new permanent square footage to your existing house, from a single room to a full second story. It is the answer when you love your Bayou La Batre neighborhood but have outgrown your floor plan.
On a bayou-front lot a block from the family's boat slip, an addition almost always beats moving.
In Bayou La Batre, an addition also has to respect the flood map. New square footage in a VE or AE zone goes up on pilings or piers at or above base flood elevation, and we design the tie-in so the addition and the original house read as one structure from the water.
Wise Builders designs and builds additions that match the existing structure, roofline, and foundation, so the new space looks original. As a full GC, we manage foundation, framing, roofing, and interior finish in one contract.
Additions in Alabama typically run $125 to $250 per square foot, with total projects ranging from roughly $34,000 to $170,000 depending on size and finish. Most Bayou La Batre additions run 2 to 5 months from permit to final walkthrough.
An addition is one of the most structural projects a homeowner can take on, which is why a licensed GC matters. These are the additions Bayou La Batre families request most.
A primary-suite addition pairs a new bedroom with a spa bath and walk-in closet for a private retreat. It is the highest-value addition for both comfort and resale in the Bayou La Batre market, especially when the new suite faces the water.
Sunrooms and screened or enclosed porches add year-round living space built for coastal weather, with proper insulation, ventilation, and storm-rated glazing. On the bayou and Portersville Bay, that glazing and the roof tie-in are engineered for coastal Mobile County wind loads, not borrowed from an inland spec.
When the lot is tight, or the flood map makes building at grade impossible, we build up instead of out with second-story additions, or expand a kitchen, bath, or living area with a targeted elevated bump-out. Both require careful structural engineering we manage in-house.
In-law suites and accessible additions add independent living space, including VA SAH grant modifications like ramps, lifts, roll-in showers, and widened doorways for eligible veterans. In a city where several generations often share one roof, we plan the lift or elevator into an elevated home so accessibility does not depend on a flight of exterior stairs.
“Wise Builders stand by their work! My husband and I had a two car garage addition and patio added to our home by another contractor. We called Wise Builders to remediate the problem, and the owner Cody came out personally to check things out. We were very happy with the work. I would not hesitate to call Wise Builders again.”
Home renovations restore, update, and reconfigure the spaces you already have, whether that is one tired room or a whole-home transformation. It is the broadest service we offer and the one that ties everything else together.
In Bayou La Batre, the whole-home renovation is often the moment a 1960s shrimper's house on Wintzell Avenue, or a post-Katrina rebuild that was never fully finished, finally becomes the house it was meant to be, inside and out.
Wise Builders handles full home renovations across Bayou La Batre: flooring throughout, interior painting, drywall, trim, finish carpentry, and open-concept wall removals. A whole-home renovation typically runs 3 to 6 months depending on scope.
Because we are also a roofing and exterior contractor, we renovate inside and out under one roof, from the shingles to the baseboards, without you juggling multiple companies. On the coast that matters more than most places, because the roof is the first thing every insurer asks about.
A whole-home renovation only works when every trade is coordinated by one team. That is the core of what we do.
Bayou La Batre's climate is hard on houses. A renovation here has to account for humidity, salt spray off the Mississippi Sound, wind load, and storm surge, not just style.
This town has been rebuilt before. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina pushed a 12 to 14 foot storm surge up the bayou, flooded most of the city, destroyed the public library, and left more than 20 shrimp boats and a cargo ship sitting on dry land. The homes that came back after Katrina came back on pilings, and the city built Safe Harbor Estates, 100 elevated cottage-style homes on higher ground, so displaced families could stay in town. That is the standard Bayou La Batre has lived by since.
Hurricane Sally followed in September 2020 with an 82 mph gust at Mobile Regional Airport and gusts over 100 mph on Dauphin Island, taking roofs, siding, and trees across south Mobile County.
That is why we specify moisture-resistant materials, proper ventilation, coated fasteners, and code-compliant framing on every renovation, and why the flood elevation is the first number we check.
Because Wise Builders is also a FORTIFIED roofing contractor, a whole-home renovation is the natural time to bring the roof up to that standard too, and to ask your insurer about the wind mitigation discount that comes with it.
“Wise Builders recently completed a major renovation on my home through a VA Special Adaptive Housing grant, including ramps, a roll-in shower, and expanded doorways. From the very beginning, Jim Brock, the project manager, was outstanding.”
Wise Builders holds a 5.0 average rating across 160+ Google reviews, plus 5-star ratings on Facebook, Nextdoor, and Trust Index. The reviews below are real, named, and verifiable.
We embed reviews next to the work they describe throughout this page. Here they are together, in the homeowners' own words.
"Jim Brock is the best project manager ever! He constantly communicated with me about the materials, build and timeline. No stones were unturned! Exceptional work by his team."
"Graham Brock and Wise Builders are incredible! Truly some of the most honest, caring, and professional people I have encountered. Highly recommend."
"Nathan was timely and very communicative. Definitely listens, understands and is the most helpful and knowledgeable for your needs or project."
"Wise Builders, a great business and even better people. They were a godsend, and I will be forever grateful."
"I recently used Wise Builders and had such a fantastic experience! William went above and beyond to ensure all of my expectations were met and timely. I will be recommending them to everyone I know and using them for all future projects!"
A 5.0 average across 160+ reviews is not luck. It is the same dedicated-project-manager system applied to every job, every time, and it is the same team that drives down Bellingrath Road and Highway 188 to the bayou.
Read the reviews yourself before you call. Then call (251) 305-7282 and talk to the team those homeowners are describing.
Wise Builders remodels homes across Mobile County from our Mobile location at 6215 Rangeline Rd #105, Theodore, AL 36582.
If you are near Bayou La Batre, we most likely already work in your area.
Inside Bayou La Batre, that includes North and South Wintzell Avenue, the streets around St. Margaret Catholic Church and the city docks, Safe Harbor Estates, Padgett Switch Road, Little River Road, and Shell Belt Road. It also includes Dixon Corners near Anna Booth Elementary, the Heritage, Gray's, and Bay Oaks subdivisions, the Bayou La Batre-Irvington Highway, the Vanity Fair area, and the waterfront lots along the bayou, Bayou Coden, and Portersville Bay.
From our Mobile location on Rangeline Road in Theodore, we serve Bayou La Batre in about 20 to 25 minutes, 14 miles south on Bellingrath Road and Highway 188.
Our remodeling and renovation service area includes Bayou La Batre, Mobile, Tillmans Corner, Dawes, Irvington, St. Elmo, Semmes, Eight Mile, Prichard, Chickasaw, Saraland, Grand Bay, Coden, Satsuma, Creola, Wilmer, Axis, Mount Vernon, Citronelle, and Dauphin Island.
Not sure if you are in range? Call (251) 305-7282 and we will confirm your address in one quick conversation.
Costs depend on scope and finish level. In Bayou La Batre, kitchen remodels run $15,000 to $135,000, bathroom remodels $6,800 to $62,000, and home additions from about $34,000 to $170,000. Your free in-home consultation gives you an exact, fixed figure.
A large kitchen remodel in Bayou La Batre usually takes 4 to 8 weeks, a full bathroom 3 to 6 weeks, an addition 2 to 5 months, and a whole-home renovation 3 to 6 months. Your dedicated project manager gives you a firm timeline in writing before work begins, with City of Bayou La Batre permit review and any flood-zone paperwork already built in.
Wise Builders was established in 2022 and has remodeled Gulf Coast homes for 4+ years from its Mobile location in Theodore. Design-build under one contract, one dedicated project manager, transparent fixed pricing, managed selections, finish-carpentry-level detailing, and a 5.0 rating across 160+ reviews.
We collect a 50% deposit, and it is tied in writing to specific work and materials, so your money is committed to your project from day one. The balance follows written milestones you approve as the work is completed, and your fixed estimate spells the whole schedule out before you sign anything.
Yes. Bayou La Batre issues its own building permits, so we submit your application to the City of Bayou La Batre building inspector at City Hall, 13785 South Wintzell Avenue, Bayou La Batre, AL 36509, phone (251) 824-2171, and schedule every city inspection in sequence.
If your home is in a FEMA VE or AE flood zone, which covers roughly 73 percent of the city's land, we handle the base flood elevation and substantial-improvement paperwork the city's flood ordinance requires.
Homes outside the city limits in Coden, Irvington, and along Highway 188 are permitted through Mobile County Inspection Services on Schillinger Road instead. Permitting is built into your timeline, so you never chase paperwork yourself.
In most cases, yes. We remodel occupied Bayou La Batre homes using phased sequencing, dust control, and clear work boundaries so your family can keep living at home while the project moves forward.
Yes. Wise Builders is a VA-registered SAH and SHA grant contractor serving Bayou La Batre and all of Mobile County. We complete accessibility modifications such as roll-in showers, ramps, lifts for elevated homes, and widened doorways funded through those grants for eligible veterans.
Yes. Financing options are available so you can start a kitchen, bathroom, addition, or full renovation sooner without paying the full cost up front. Ask about current options during your free consultation.
Wise Builders Roofing and Renovations serves Bayou La Batre from our Mobile location at 6215 Rangeline Rd #105, Theodore, AL 36582, about 14 miles and 20 to 25 minutes north of Bayou La Batre. We are open 24 hours for calls.
From that office we serve Bayou La Batre, Coden, Irvington, Grand Bay, St. Elmo, Dauphin Island, Tillmans Corner, Dawes, and the rest of Mobile County.
Your Bayou La Batre remodel starts with one free conversation and one honest, fixed estimate. There is nothing to pay and nothing to sign to find out what your project would really take.
Wise Builders Roofing and Renovations brings a dedicated project manager and a 5.0 rating across 160+ reviews to every kitchen, bathroom, addition, and renovation in Bayou La Batre and across south Mobile County.
Call (251) 305-7282 or request your free in-home design consultation today. Wise Builders Roofing and Renovations, 6215 Rangeline Rd #105, Theodore, AL 36582, proudly serving Bayou La Batre and the Alabama Gulf Coast since 2022.
"William is great to work with. Wise Builders are extremely thorough and professional. Everything was done exactly how and when they said it would be. A++++"
